Ohtani hits monster shot in Dodgers win
From staff and wire reports
WASHINGTON — Shohei Ohtani hit a 450foot homer to the second deck in right field in his first visit to Nationals Park, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Washington 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Ohtani’s sixth homer of the season was the hardest hit of his career at 118.7 mph. It was also the hardest hit home run for a Dodgers player in the Statcast era, which began in 2015. The solo shot in the ninth inning off Matt Barnes made it 4-1 after pinch-hitter James Outman and Miguel Rojas drove in runs an inning earlier to put Los Angeles ahead.
Outman, batting for Kiké Hernández, drilled a splitter from Hunter Harvey (1-1) to right field for a double in the eighth to score Teoscar Hernández from second and break a 1-1 tie. Rojas followed with a run-scoring single.
Dodgers starter James Paxton needed 89 pitches to get through 4⅔ innings, scattering five hits and allowing one run.
Relievers Michael Grove, Alex Vesia (1-2), Daniel Hudson and Evan Phillips held Washington scoreless the rest of the way. Phillips worked out of a basesloaded jam in the ninth for his sixth save.
Nationals starter Patrick Corbin worked 5⅓ scoreless innings, allowing three hits, three walks and striking out three on 86 pitches.
Freddie Freeman went 2-for-4 with a single and a double.
■ Twins 6, White Sox 5: At Minneapolis, Alex Kirilloff hit a two-out, RBI single after Byron Buxton led off the ninth inning with a tying homer, handing Chicago its 20th loss of the season.
■ Giants 5, Mets 1: At San Francisco, Logan Webb (3-1) pitched eight strong innings and extended his scoreless streak to 19. New York lost its third straight game after a six-game winning streak.
■ Pirates 2, Brewers 1: At Pittsburgh, Andrew Mccutchen led off the bottom of the first with a home run for the second straight game. The homer was Mccutchen’s 100th longball at PNC Park.
■ Royals 3, Blue Jays 2: At Kansas City, Mo., Bobby Witt Jr. delivered the go-ahead double in the fifth inning for Kansas City after a costly error by Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
■ Cubs 7, Astros 2: At Chicago, Mike Tauchman hit his first two homers of the season for Chicago. The Astros dropped 10 games under .500 for the first time since 2016.
■ Rockies 7, Padres 4: At Denver, Brendan Rodgers hit a go-ahead grand slam in a five-run fourth inning as Colorado won for just the second time in 10 games.
■ Mariners 4, Rangers 0: At Arlington, Texas, Julio Rodríguez hit his first homer to back Logan Gilbert (2-0), who struck out six over 6⅔ innings.
■ Yankees 4, Athletics 3: At New York,
Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer that capped a four-run first inning, his first homer since April 7.
■ Tigers 4, Rays 2: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Riley Greene went deep twice for his first multi-homer game for Detroit, which has won four of five.
■ Guardians 4, Red Sox 1: At Cleveland, José Ramírez homered in the eighth and Tyler Freeman and Bryan Rocchio had RBIS in the seventh.
■ Angels 7, Orioles 4: At Anaheim, Calif., Mike Trout hit leadoff for the first time since 2020 and blasted his sixth career leadoff homer.
■ Reds 8, Phillies 1: At Cincinnati, Elly De
La Cruz hit a two-run home run and Christian Encarnacion-strand went 3 for 4 with two RBIS.
■ Braves 5, Marlins 0: At Atlanta, Max Fried pitched a three-hitter for Atlanta’s first nine-inning complete game since 2022.
■ Diamondbacks 14, Cardinals 1: At St. Louis, Pavin Smith hit a grand slam and drove in a careerhigh six runs for Arizona.
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■ River Cats 14, Aviators 1: At Sacramento, Calif., the Aviators (9-12) had just four hits against Sacramento, which had 15 hits. Aviators starter Aaron Brooks allowed seven earned runs in four innings and was tagged with the loss. Six batters for the River Cats (15-7) had multiple hits.